The first applicant, a duly registered company, is the holder of copper mining rights for the mining claims known as Gubudu 1-3 whose registration numbers are set out above. The second applicant claims to be the majority shareholder with 66% shareholding in the first applicant. The respondent is said to be the biological elder brother of Baoming Huang, the minority shareholder who holds 34% shares in the first applicant. There is a pending shareholding and directorship dispute between the parties under case numbers HC 2480/20 and HC 2492/20, amongst others. It is also submitted that there has been no mining... More
On 12 June 2012 the appellant appeared at Rotten Row Magistrate Court, Harare facing two counts of fraud as defined by s 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act1. Upon conviction the appellant was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment of which 7 months were suspended for 5 years on condition of future good conduct. More
This matter was listed for trial. The first defendant pleaded prescription of the plaintiff’s claim and prayed that the lis against him should be demanded with costs on that score. The plaintiff has pleaded that the lis has not prescribed contrary to the first defendant’s claim in that regard. It is trite that the determination of prescription as a special plea is a trial matter. It is unlike other dilatory points in limine which are determined on the pleadings filed, in short, on the records four corners without the need to consider extraneous evidence. The procedural law relating to prescription... More
: The accused is charged with murder as defined in s 47 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act [Cap 9:23]. He is alleged to have intentionally and unlawfully assaulted and killed his girlfriend on 19 June 2009 following a domestic dispute. More
